Richard,
--- Richard Fillion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nice story, much respect to anyone who knows shit like that. > > Unfortunately this is EXACTLY what's wrong with Gorm (or is it GORM > cause it's an acronym?) as a name. It's usually written "Gorm", but it is an acronym for GNUstep Object Relationship Modeller. > "Bluetooth" _is_ a cool name. > Why? Cause it's just a technology, and like ports on the back of > computers, it needs a name to distinguish it from other > technologies. It's catchy, and there are only a few big computer > technologies for users to remember. Bluetooth, Firewire, DVI, USB, > etc.. > > Saying "Gorm is fine cause Bluetooth has been successful as a name" > or even "GIMP" like was previously mentioned isn't doing yourselves a > favor. > > GNUstep is _really_ freaking cool (I'm neutral about the name, I mean > the project). You guys are in denial of two things though : A) Looks > matter, and B) Names matter. I'm not even going to go into A) as > it's been argued to death. Lets just look at names here. I don't think anyone is in denial about looks anymore. Also, since I posed the question, I don't think we're in denial about names either. > ProjectCenter : Beautiful name, gives you an idea of what this is. > You're managing some type of project with it. > > Gorm, or should I say GNUstep Object Relationship Modeler. I know > that acronyms are big in FOSS land, but honestly, this is an > abortion. "GIMP" at least sounds funny. A gorm, wtf is a gorm? WTF is a GIMP? > Sure it does more than building interfaces, but its main purpose, > what makes people want to begin using it, is designing GUIs for > GNUstep applications. Heck even "Relation Modeler" would be a step > up if you ask me. Interface Creator, anything really would be better > than Gorm. Thanks for your input, I'll take it under consideration. > Next up: *switches keyboard languages* Étoilé. I'm french, and that > may technically be a word, but somehow I doubt that the people who > this is aimed towards are all french. How is this pronounced in > english? Just the same as it is in French. :) > I'm pretty hard on the #gnustep people about both looks and names. > There's a reason for this. I hold you guys to a higher standard than > I do GNOME and KDE stuff. Why? Cause there's already an amazingly > slick OpenStep implementation out there : Cocoa. To me, GNUstep > isn't competing with GNOME and KDE, but with OS X. Being open source > only buys you so much credit. The rest you have to earn legitimately. > > I'm gonna get roasted both on the ML and #gnustep, but that's fine. > It needed to be said, and since this thread started the day after I > got chewed out for saying "Steve Jobs would shoot himself in the face > before supporting an app with a name like Gorm", I feel somewhat > responsible. You shouldn't. This has been turning over in my head for a while. > Richard Fillion > [EMAIL PROTECTED] GJC Gregory John Casamento -- Principal Consultant, Open Logic Corp. (A MD Corp.) ## Maintainer of Gorm (IB Equiv.) for GNUstep. _______________________________________________ Discuss-gnustep mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnustep
